No Longer Alone: ​​The Network Against Abandonment

Twenty-three volunteer associations are working together as a single organization in the provinces of Parma and Reggio Emilia. They are ready to intervene with support administrators.

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Every year, they carry out more than 10 interventions in the local area. Elderly people left alone, families in difficulty, immigrants sucked into the gray area. The volunteers of the large team «Nomoresoli", which brings together 23 volunteer organizations across 10 centers, is a point of reference for the entire provinces of Parma and Reggio Emilia. It's a model that should be exported to other parts of Italy.

NONPIÚSOLI VOLUNTEER NETWORK

The network is based on one premise: all vulnerable people have access to a support administrator, a volunteer member of the group who can assist them in carrying out activities they cannot do alone. No longer alone, Through its website, it offers very quick and simple online access, a sort of 24-hour help desk, while volunteers can be reached by telephone during the hours indicated online.

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SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR

But who is the support administrator? What kind of volunteer does he/she represent? Here too, a premise must be made: aside from self-sufficiency, the people assisted by the network, generally elderly, They share a problem: loneliness. And the support administrator, in addition to solving practical problems, plays the role of a friend, a neighbor, a companion. A volunteer who cares for others and is trained by No longer alone.

The project is a candidate for the 2022 Non Sprecare Award, in the Associations section. To submit your projects, follow the instructions provided. here.

THE PROJECTS COMPETING FOR THE 2022 NON SPRECARE AWARD:

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